GDP per capita growth in Western Africa in 2025 — 3.08%. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 1.87 pp.
1962–2025 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.08 | +0.21 pp |
| 2024 | 2.87 | +1.21 pp |
| 2023 | 1.66 | −0.67 pp |
| 2022 | 2.33 | +1.98 pp |
| 2021 | 0.35 | +6.54 pp |
| 2020 | -6.19 | −7.11 pp |
| 2019 | 0.91 | +0.06 pp |
| 2018 | 0.86 | +0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 0.56 | +2.38 pp |
| 2016 | -1.82 | −2.29 pp |
| 2015 | 0.47 | −2.75 pp |
| 2014 | 3.22 | −0.73 pp |
| 2013 | 3.95 | +1.9 pp |
| 2012 | 2.05 | −0.08 pp |
| 2011 | 2.13 | −2.41 pp |
| 2010 | 4.54 | +0.91 pp |
| 2009 | 3.63 | +0.14 pp |
| 2008 | 3.49 | +0.8 pp |
| 2007 | 2.69 | −0.09 pp |
| 2006 | 2.78 | +0.19 pp |
| 2005 | 2.59 | −1.66 pp |
| 2004 | 4.25 | +1.87 pp |
| 2003 | 2.38 | −4.92 pp |
| 2002 | 7.31 | +5.52 pp |
| 2001 | 1.78 | +0.8 pp |
| 2000 | 0.99 | +1.56 pp |
| 1999 | -0.57 | −0.85 pp |
| 1998 | 0.28 | −0.69 pp |
| 1997 | 0.97 | −0.81 pp |
| 1996 | 1.78 | +3.28 pp |
| 1995 | -1.5 | +1.65 pp |
| 1994 | -3.15 | −0.16 pp |
| 1993 | -2.99 | −2.74 pp |
| 1992 | -0.25 | +0.93 pp |
| 1991 | -1.18 | −4.56 pp |
| 1990 | 3.38 | +3.91 pp |
| 1989 | -0.53 | −3.12 pp |
| 1988 | 2.59 | +2.73 pp |
| 1987 | -0.14 | +1.25 pp |
| 1986 | -1.39 | −4.06 pp |
| 1985 | 2.67 | +5.54 pp |
| 1984 | -2.87 | +7.68 pp |
| 1983 | -10.55 | −2.68 pp |
| 1982 | -7.87 | +5.02 pp |
| 1981 | -12.89 | −12 pp |
| 1980 | -0.89 | −2.61 pp |
| 1979 | 1.72 | +4.52 pp |
| 1978 | -2.8 | −4.09 pp |
| 1977 | 1.29 | −3.89 pp |
| 1976 | 5.18 | +9.85 pp |
| 1975 | -4.67 | −10.48 pp |
| 1974 | 5.81 | +5.66 pp |
| 1973 | 0.15 | −0.15 pp |
| 1972 | 0.29 | −5.58 pp |
| 1971 | 5.87 | −9.33 pp |
| 1970 | 15.2 | +5.12 pp |
| 1969 | 10.09 | +10.22 pp |
| 1968 | -0.14 | +7.54 pp |
| 1967 | -7.68 | −4.23 pp |
| 1966 | -3.45 | −4.96 pp |
| 1965 | 1.5 | −1.8 pp |
| 1964 | 3.3 | −0.91 pp |
| 1963 | 4.22 | +3.01 pp |
| 1962 | 1.2 | — |
The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.
Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
The annual growth rate of GDP in constant prices — with inflation stripped out.
Economy GDP per capita in constant pricesHow much there is per person in 2015 prices — a measure of whether prosperity is growing.
Demography Population growthAnnual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
Economy GDPGross domestic product in current US dollars — the size of a country's economy.
Economy GDP per capitaGDP divided by the population, in current US dollars.
Economy GDP at purchasing power parityThe size of the economy in international dollars — adjusted for price differences between countries.